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Solar plane lands in New York City

A solar-powered airplane finished crossing the United States on Saturday, landing in New York City after flying over the Statue of Liberty during its historic bid to circle the globe, the project team said.  The spindly, single-seat experimental aircraft, dubbed Solar Impulse 2, arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport at about 4 a.m. local time after it took off about five hours beforehand at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania, the team reported on the airplane's website.  Such a pleasure to land in New York! For the 14th time we celebrate sustainability," said the project's co-founder Andre Borschberg on Twitter after flying over the city and the Statue of Liberty during the 14th leg of the trip around the globe. The Swiss team flying the aircraft in a campaign to build support for clean energy technologies hopes eventually to complete its circumnavigation in Abu Dhabi, where the journey began in March 2015. The solar cr...
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Apple faces US appeal to force it to unlock iPhone

The Justice Department is relying on the same law as the one in its fight with Apple over the encrypted phone belonging to the San Bernardino gunman.  It has gone to a higher court after a Brooklyn judge said he had no power to give the order.  Apple said the order would be the start of a "slippery slope that threatens everyone's safety and privacy".  In the original hearing, the US government asked Judge James Orenstein to order Apple to open up a locked phone belonging to Jun Feng, who has pleaded guilty to participation in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. The Justice Department wants to use the device to find any of his co-conspirators.After Judge Orenstein's decision last week, the government resubmitted its arguments to a higher judge overseeing the matter. While the case has similarities with that being heard in California in relation to the San Bernardino shootings, the New York case involves an older version of Apple's operating system. ...
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Apple apologises for iPhone 'error 53' and issues fix

Some users found that their iPhone stopped working following servicing by a non-Apple technician and saw an "error 53" message in iTunes.  Previously, Apple had said the error was a "security measure" taken to prevent fraudulent transactions.  Now, the company has released a software update to fix the error.  In a statement, Apple said that "error 53" occurs when a device fails a standard security test designed to ensure that the Touch ID fingerprint scanner is working correctly.  However, the company added: "We apologise for any inconvenience, this was designed to be a factory test and was not intended to affect customers.  "Customers who paid for an out-of-warranty replacement of their device based on this issue should contact AppleCare about a reimbursement." A software update has now been released so that iPhone customers with disabled phones may restore their device via iTunes on a PC or Mac.  "To me, there was a lot of logi...
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Blackberry launches a new smartphone Priv on friday

Blackberry Priv Well before Apple's iPhone, Blackberry kicked off the smartphone revolution and brought the office out of the office and into the tap-tap-tap grasp of workers all over the world.  Ease of use and security made Blackberry handsets the choice for corporations everywhere - not to mention world leaders.  But the Blackberry went pear-shaped. Unable to keep up in a market of sophisticated phones, with vast app stores and big screens, Blackberry was soon seen as a boring business phone.  The firm, once known as Research in Motion, has had one glimmer of hope in recent times: Blackberry Messenger was unexpectedly popular with teenagers, but even BBM - as it was referred to - eventually lost out to Whatsapp and Snapchat as a the teen tool of choice.  Blackberry sales now account for less than 1% of the global smartphone market. On Friday, Blackberry launches a new phone, which it is calling Priv by Blackberry.It's a cliché to regard any new Blackber...
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Apple faces a bill of $862m (£565m) after losing a patent lawsuit

The University of Wisconsin successfully claimed that Apple used its microchip technology without permission in some iPhones and iPads.  The patent, filed in 1998, is said to improve the power efficiency of microchips.  The case relates to use of the technology in the iPhone 5s, 6 and 6 Plus - but an additional lawsuit making the same claim against Apple's newest models, the 6S and 6S Plus, has also been filed.  The University of Wisconsin sued Intel over the same patent in 2008. The case was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. In court papers, the university claimed Apple ignored its offers to  license the patent, which would mean paying a fee for its continued use. Therefore the university said Apple was willfully infringing the patent, something which, if the court agrees, could carry a heavier fine.  The precise amount Apple may have to pay will be decided at a later stage in the court proceedings.  Despite recent w...
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